The Legend of Zelda is released for the NES in North America. Considered one of the most influential games of all time, it was the forerunner of the role-playing video game genre and spawned one of the most successful series in video games history.

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On the Menu Today – Ham

I have been using an instant pot recently and love it. It is so fast and cuts cooking time significantly. I am not paid by them but it has changed some of my recipes forever. This is one of the recipes that has changed. Normally I cook it in the oven for hours and hours and hours and then have to worry about cleanup and it drying out. Using the instant pot, it literally falls apart because it is so tender.

Ingredients

Spiral cut ham as small as you like or as large as your Instant Pot will hold

6 quart Instant Pot will hold approximately a 5 to 6 pound ham.8 quart Instant Pot will hold approximately a 7-8 pound ham.

Pineapple juice

Honey

Brown Sugar

Optional Spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves

STEP ONE: PREPARE INSTANT POT

Place trivet inside inner pot of pressure cooker. Pour in 1 cup water. Place foil sling on trivet–this will help you remove ham after it has finished cooking.

STEP TWO: PREPARE HAM GLAZE

Whisk together pineapple juice, honey and brown sugar.

STEP THREE: PREPARE HAM

Place ham on large sheet of heavy duty aluminum foil. Fold up sides of foil, to make a bowl like shape around the ham. Gently separate slices of spiral ham, so glaze can penetrate the ham slices. Pour glaze over ham and securely wrap foil around ham.

STEP FOUR: PRESSURE COOK HAM

Place ham on trivet. Secure foil sling around ham, if using.Pressure Cook on High for 2 minutes per pound. Once cook time has elapsed, let rest for 5 minutes then do a quick release. You can let the ham rest longer and can even do an immediate quick release if desired, but by letting the ham rest for a bit, it keeps the ham slices super tender.

STEP FIVE: REDUCE GLAZE (OPTIONAL)

I find that this ham is perfectly flavored and sweet enough to serve immediately. The ham is full of pineapple and honey flavor and is super delicious. If you would like that sticky glaze that Honey Baked Ham is known for, you can reduce the juices rendered from cooking right in the pressure cooker.

After pressure is released, remove your ham from the Instant Pot and place on a large platter or bowl, still sealed in the foil.Remove trivet from inside pressure cooker and pour out the water used to cook the honey baked ham.Place the inner pot back inside the pressure cooker and turn the pressure cooker to Saute.Gently peel back the foil slightly from the cooked Ham.Remove the Ham from the foil, leaving the liquid inside the foil packet.Pour the rendered cooking liquid into the pressure cooker.Whisk well, and cook until the glaze is reduced by half, about 3-4 minutes.Pour the thickened glaze over the ham.

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I've never played Zelda. (Or heard of it until today.) So much for being the most influential.

"...one of the most influential..."

And yes, it absolutely is. You must have been living under a rock or quit playing games once electricity was invented because Zelda is just as popular, influential, and known as Mario, Pac-Man, Sonic, etc... if not more so, in all but Mario's case.

the Legend of Zelda games are my wife's favorite franchise, and its growing on me too. I had never really played it until a few years ago when I restored an original cartridge for my NES, now that it's on the blink (no pun intended) I've been playing the virtual console version I bought on my 3DS.

And yes, it absolutely is. You must have been living under a rock or quit playing games once electricity was invented because Zelda is just as popular, influential, and known as Mario, Pac-Man, Sonic, etc... if not more so, in all but Mario's case.

the Legend of Zelda games are my wife's favorite franchise, and its growing on me too. I had never really played it until a few years ago when I restored an original cartridge for my NES, now that it's on the blink (no pun intended) I've been playing the virtual console version I bought on my 3DS.

I've never played Zelda. (Or heard of it until today.) So much for being the most influential.

First off.. for never hearing of it before today.. you live a sheltered life, friend.

Secondly.. how is it YOU hearing of it or not, decides whether it was influential (or most) or not?

Hummmm.....

Influential = Having a lot of influence.

As all experience is self-referential, if it didn't influence me, it wasn't all that influential.

I looked it up and Zelda was released in 1986. In '86 I was working at TRW in Redondo Beach, Calif. I was an antenna/RF systems engineer working on building the GPSS, TDRSS, and other satellites. I was also developing firmware for the IBM PC, XT, and PC-AT on the side. I developed and marketed BIOS expansion chips you could plug into the system board that forced you to enter a password before the PC would boot, allowing them to be used in the military/aerospace vendors. Prior to that, they lacked any pre-boot authentication. Now, every PC has a BIOS password. You want to talk about influential?

I've never played Zelda. (Or heard of it until today.) So much for being the most influential.

First off.. for never hearing of it before today.. you live a sheltered life, friend.

Secondly.. how is it YOU hearing of it or not, decides whether it was influential (or most) or not?

Hummmm.....

Influential = Having a lot of influence.

As all experience is self-referential, if it didn't influence me, it wasn't all that influential.

I looked it up and Zelda was released in 1986. In '86 I was working at TRW in Redondo Beach, Calif. I was an antenna/RF systems engineer working on building the GPSS, TDRSS, and other satellites. I was also developing firmware for the IBM PC, XT, and PC-AT on the side. I developed and marketed BIOS expansion chips you could plug into the system board that forced you to enter a password before the PC would boot, allowing them to be used in the military/aerospace vendors. Prior to that, they lacked any pre-boot authentication. Now, every PC has a BIOS password. You want to talk about influential?

Sick humblebrag, bro.

In 86 I was born. I started as a sperm and swam until I found an egg, fertilized that bad boy and then grew into a human while feasting off another until I emerged into the world the stunning human being you see today. Last I checked, literally everybody born after me did exactly the same thing. You want to talk about influential?